The Writing Process Starting is the first and worst hurdle. Novel Two (working title Witch) is whirling round in my … More
Author: Moira Mcpartlin
Moira McPartlin’s debut novel The Incomers, published by Fledgling Press in 2012, was shortlisted for the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award. Over the next seven years Moira wrote her speculative fiction, Sun Song Trilogy novels (also published by Fledgling Press). The novels, set in 2089, reflect many issues we face today. Moira’s last novel, Before Now: Memoir of a Toerag, is written entirely in the Fife dialect and was published by her own imprint, Trilleachan Press, in May 2021.
In 2021 she became a writing fellow at Hawthornden Castle. In 2022 she was appointed the Scriever for The Federation of Writers (Scotland), and in 2024 was the recipient of a Bridges Award, a residency at Cove Park, Argyll. Her short stories and poetry have been widely published in literary magazines and anthologies.
Moira’s latest publication, A Thing So Delicate: The Hidden Voices of Scotland’s Mass Concrete Viaducts, is a collaboration with her husband, Colin. It is a hybrid about the social history surrounding the building of Scotland’s Victorian mass concrete viaducts. This includes creative nonfiction, prose, poetry, and photography.
Moira is listed on the Scottish Book Trust Live Literature Database.
A Tale of Two Cultures
Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, Toronto Culture TwoToronto, a city of high buildings and the CN tower. It is a different city … More
Rejection
Me and my minder researching Torque The Novel Last week I received another encouraging rejection letter for my novel Torque. … More
Eco Rant
Scotland’s shame Last week one of my friends commented that recycling was the ‘new middle class obsession’. He wound me … More
A film set or two
Loch Ossian on a good day(photo Colin Baird) A film set or twoTwice in a month I find myself stumbling … More
Our Pick Up Truck Canadian Dream – Revisited We thought we’d try something new. Nova Scotia is a big province … More
